Quartey

Last updated September 21, 2023

Quartey is a surname of Ga origin.

Notable people with the surname include:

Sportspeople

Ike Quartey, former WBA welterweight champion boxer
Clement Quartey, former Ghanaian boxer
Jonathan Quartey, Ghanaian football player
Laud Quartey, Ghanaian football player
Lê Văn Tân (born Jonathan Quartey), Vietnamese - Ghanaian football striker
Ebenezer Quartey, Ghanaian runner who competed in Men's 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Michael Quartey, former Ghanaian football player for FC Biel-Bienne

Others

Benjamin Quartey-Papafio, a physician and politician in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), the first Ghanaian to obtain the degree of M.D.
Ian Jones-Quartey, American animator and graphic artist of Ghanaian descent
David K. Henderson-Quartey, a historian and author of The Ga of Ghana : history & culture of a West African people (2002)
Yolanda Quartey, vocalist for English country/soul band Phantom Limb
Ama Amissah Quartey, 2003 Miss Earth Ghana, represented Ghana at Miss Earth 2003
Kwei Quartey, novelist, author of Wife of the Gods (2009)

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